Posts filed under ‘Jillian McDonald’
Buffalo Blood
Despite the title of this post, no buffaloes will be harmed!
However there will be blood in Buffalo, New York this week as I head north to shoot a new video in residence at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Red Rum, filmed on location in Buffalo, features local young actors, musicians, and homes.
Stay tuned…
-Jillian
Stop Motion Editing
In case you thought I had long forgotten about Tempe and the desert, think again! Today I am furiously (actually, rather calmly) editing a stop motion animation shot on location at a private swimming pool, filmed with the help of three fabulous ASU graduate students – Alison Sweet, Cory Weeks, and Julie Ganas, and the uber-talented John Spiak. There are neither zombies nor vampires in this video, and no cacti were harmed.
Production still above.
-Jillian
Recording Studio
In the second week of November, Adam Murray and I transformed my apartment at ASU into a temporary recording studio.
Mattresses formed a sound booth (above) while the bed held instruments (below). We screamed, hissed, moaned, and played auto harp and guitar here. Plus the aforementioned celery snarfing.
We set up a nice little work station (above) while the rest of the room was a mess (below).
Sometimes we played nice (above), sometimes we argued over my “illegible” notes (below), and sometimes technology was not our friend (way below).
-Jillian
zombies, fin.
We were so sad to say goodbye to artist Jillian Mcdonald and her motley collection of vampires and zombies this past week.
But the exhibition lives on! You can still come in and see her gallery in the ASU Art Museum, showing the final films, through January 9, 2010.
If you missed any part of it, search through this blog from Oct5 – Nov. 14 – Jillian was great about documenting her work and what was happening with the project. So you can get caught up either before or after viewing her films.
zombies at ASU Art Museum
-diane
Cacti, Celery, Oranges, oh my!
Today I shot a stop motion animation with the help of John Spiak, Alison Sweet, Cory Weeks, and Julie Ganas at a swimming pool in Phoenix. Apparently I was killed by a band of vengeful potted cacti, my body dumped in the ice cold pool.
Luckily I was reincarnated in time to record and edit the audio track for the zombies in Zombies vs Vampires with Adam Murray. It’s 1:30am, we’re still at it.
Below we are recording sounds for zombies munching on limbs (celery and tapioca), and vampires sucking blood (orange). Adam made a temporary sound recording booth in my apartment using the mattress – which is fine since sleep is a distant memory:
-Jillian
Vampires Faceoff
Here is a taste of the vampires spotted last night in the Tempe area – be careful out there, they’re mean!
-Jillian
Improv Alert Redeux!
So sorry to announce that Jillian has had to cancel this week’s meetings regarding Z-Train. Really sorry, everyone. stuff happens. :/
Follow us on Twitter @ASUArtMuseum or check back on this blog for updated info as we have it.
-diane
Zombies Have More Fun
Prom zombie Tara Logsdon leads the zombies in a move from Thriller.
How can you not love them?
-Jillian
Zombies vs Vampires: BRAVO to Everyone!
Fun shots of vampires and zombies getting me – staged before heading out for taping in the desert this weekend, photos by Steve Gittins.
Make-up artists, videographers, photographer, and actors were in top form this weekend when we filmed Zombies vs Vampires in Tempe’s Papago Park.
Both shoots went super well – with warm weather, clear skies, an almost full moon, and no police, though a few hiker families watched the zombies in action this evening from the sidelines. One park ranger came by and thought we were a church group (!?) or a band, but he liked it so John Spiak invited him to the Nov 10th opening!
Now the editing begins!
-Jillian
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